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PATBNTED AUG. 21, 1906.

F. G. CARROLL.

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PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

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Lave/(fan UNITED STATES FRANK (J. CARROLL, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO,

REC-ASTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed December 2l,1905. Serial No. 292.703.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Painesville, in the county of Lake and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Registers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a register adapted to be operated from adistant keyboard.

The invention may be organized to register different amounts collectedand the total thereof, the number of times the machine is operated, andalso the number of times it is operated in some specific manner.

The invention is shown in a simple form especially contrived forindicating cash fares of various amounts from five to fifty cents inmultiples of five collected on a street-railway car, for also re'stering the total amounts so collected, for a so registerin the numberof fares collected, and the number of tickets received in payment offares. It is obvious, however, that the invention is capable of beingembodied in machines adapted for other usesas, for example, forindicating and recording at a central station the amounts paid to clerksin stores and the like.

The invention resides in the combinations of parts shown in the drawingsand hereinafter described, and pointed out definitely in the claims.

In the drawin s, Figure 1 is a front view of the device a part of theface-casing removed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism when a partof the left end of Fig. 1 has been removed. Fig. 3 is a similar viewwhen the ri ht end of the casing has been removed. *ig. 4 is a framentary sectional side view of the segment the upper end of one of thelevers D, and the stop B, attached to the segment for engagement withthe lever.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a segment pivoted on ahorizontal pivot within a casing E, said segment being coated as closeas convenient to the front plate 2 of said casing. Near the peripheraledge but on the front face of this segment are symmetrically-spacedfigures a, which may be seen one at a time throu h a window 6 in platee, as shown. The ower indicating character is a letter T, which maystandfor tickets, while the other characters are 5 and multiples thereof toand including 50. A spring C engages with this segment and acts alwaysto draw it downward. A solenoid-mag'net F, whose core f is connected bya link f with said segment, acts when the magnet is energized to movethe segment up in opposition to its spring to its initial pos1- tion.When it reaches this position, further movement is prevented by theengagement of the segment with a fixed stop J.

D D represent a number of swinging metallic levers, all loosely mountedin the same axial line with their upper free ends close to the face ofsaid so ment. A small spring d is associated witi each of these leversand exerts its force to swing the free ends of said levers away fromsaid segment and against a stop-bar l, lying close to all of saidlevers. Associated with each of these levers is an electromagnet G,which is in a normally open circuit adapted to be closed by theoperation of a corresponding key K.

The segment, or at least the peripheral edge of it, and that faceagainst which said lovers 1) may engage must be made of conductingmaterial, metal. Securcd to the metallic face of the segment are as manystops B as there are levers D, and they are arranged in such positionsthat when the segment is swung away from its initial position they areadapted to engage each with its associated lever D when said lever hasbeen drawn against the face of the segment. These stops, however, aremade of insulating material, and they are beveled at their lower edgesfrom the face of the disk outward, so that when one of said stops ismoved into contact with its associated lever, whose free end wasengaging with the face of the segment, said lever is withdrawn fromcontact with the segment just before the stop engages with the end ofthe lever, and thereby stops the movement of the segment.

Associated with each of the levers D and its electromagnct is a key K.Each of these keys is an electric switch which by its operation closesone of the main circuits, to be presently described and that particularmain cir cuit which includes the associated electromagnet. There are asmany of these main circuits as there are levers D and associatedelectromagnets; but it has only been thought necessary to show one ofsaid circuits because the depressed key the others are like it, and oneillustration and description will answer for all, and this circuit isshown diagrammatically.

The electric generator is indicated by ll. A wire it leads from one sidethereof to each of the electron]agncts (i. From each magnet a wire leadsto one of the switchmembers of the associated key. A wire it leads fromthe other one of said switch members to toe solenoid-magnet F and thenceback to the generator. Each circuit so made up constitutes what will betermed a main circuit. There is, however, a supplemental circuit, whichincludes a wire h connecting the electromagnet G with the associatedlever 1), and a wire 7L leading from one side of the generator to abrush M, which is always in contact with the metallic periphery of thesegment A.

hen a key is depressed, the main circuit associated with that key iscompleted, whereupon the solenoid-111agnet draws the indicatingsegment Aback to its initial position. Simultaneously the associatedelectromagnet G is energized, and it draws the corres onding lever 1)against the metallic face of tlie indicating-segment, whereby thesupplemental circuit associated with this key is completed. When theoperator releases the key, the main circuit is broken, whereupon thespring C becomes effective to draw the segment downward until it isstopped by the engagement of the associated stop with that lever D whichhad been drawn against the face of the se ment. As before stated, thestop is of insu ating material and beveled, so that just as the segmentis being stopped the stop withdraws the lever from contact with themetallic face of the segment, thereby breaking the supplemental circuit.hen the segment is so stopped, it comes to rest in such position thatthe figure thereon corresponding with is opposite the window 6 in thefront face of the casing. It will remain in this position until a ke isagain depressed, whereupon the describe action is repeated. It is ofcourse apparent that the keys may be placed at any point distant fromthe other mechanism.

The several movements of the indicatorsegment from its initial positionto the various positions in which it is sto ped are pro portionate tothe indicatingigures corre sponding with the several stops. Theseseveral movements of the indicating-segment may be transmitted by anysuitable means to any suitable kind of total-adding mechanism. Suchadding mechanism is no part of the present invention, and no attempttherefore has been made to do anything more than show a diagramrepresenting the same and a rotatable ratchet-wheel which is adapted tobe moved by the mechanism to be presently explained and which in turn imarts suitable movement to said adding mechanism.

The main adding mechanism is indicated by N, and 7t represents theratchet-wheel associated therewith. Mounted loosely upon the same axiswith this ratcllet-wheel is a levcr (J, carrying a spring-pawl o forengage ment with said ratchet-wheel.

A vertically-movablc bar I is connected by a link ;0 with the tailpiecea of the segmentA, wherefore this bar moves every time the se ment movesa distance proportionate to such movement. ()11 this bar is a pin p,which enters a slot 0 in the lever 0, whereby the latter isproportionately rocked, with the result that the said ratchet isproportionately turned.

Another counting mechanism (indicated by it) is provided for countingthe number of tickets. 8 represents the ratchet-wheel by which thiscounting mechanism is operated. A pawl V is carried by bar P forengagement with this ratchet. A spring normally holds this pawl in aosition where it will not engage with sair ratchet when the bar P ismoved; but behind. the tail of this pawl is a small electromagnet U,which is fastened to bar P. This magnet is connected in a sup- )lementalcircuit associated with the key marked T or, more exactly, with thelever 1 associated withthe T key. This lever has a tailpiece d, whichwhen the lever is drawn against the segment A is brought against acontact-piece X, which is connected by wire 72 with one side of magnett, the other side of said magnet being connected with the generator bywire 72. Whenever this particular key is depressed, the circuit of thismagnet will be completed through the lever D, segment A, &c., and willremain completed until the lever is drawn out of contact with thesegment as the lover stops said segment. The magnet will draw said pawlinto a position where it will engage with said ratchet-wheel. The resultwill be that in the upward movement of bar P this pawl will advance theratchet-wheel one step. This movement will of course take place when thesegment A moves its shortest distance.

In order that the consequent short movement of the bar P shall not havethe effect of moving the counting mechanism N, the slot 0 in lever O isbent downward near its outer end, so that the outer end of said slotstands vertically when the segment A is in its initial position. Themovement of the se ment out of this initial position the short istanceit does move when the T key is depressed causes the bar P to move onlyas far as will carry pin p the length of the vertical part of the slot0. herefore the lever O is not caused to rock at all during this shortmovement of segment A.

There is another counting mechanism (indicated b W) whose driving-wheelis the ratchet-w eel w. A s ring-pawl w is secured to the bar P.VViierefore this ratchetwheel to is turned the distance of one toothevery time the bar P goes upward, regardless of the distance which saidbar travels. The purpose of this counting mechanism W is merely to showhow many times the register is operated. If the register is used on astreet-car, this shows how many passengers were carried.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a register, the combinationof an oscillating ind1cator-segment, a series of stops thereon, acorresponding series of independently-movable devices adapted to beseverally moved into the path of the respective stops, keyscontrollingthe position of said movable devices, and mechanisms by whichthe operation of the keys causes the movement of said segment to theinitial point and in the reversing direction to bring a stop 20 thereoninto contact with the movable devices corresponding with the key sooperated.

2. In a register, the combination of a movable indicator, means formoving it to and from its initial position, means determinin thedistance it shall move from said initia position, magnets whichrespectively move the indicator in one direction and operate the meansfor determining how far it should move from its initial position, and adistantly placed series of keys for controlling the circuits of saidmagnets.

3. In a register, the combination of an oscillating indicator, a seriesof stops secured thereto, a series of devices adapted to be movedseverally into the path of said steps, a series of keys severallyassociated with said devices, means controlled by said keys for movingsaid devices, and mechanisms for moving the indicator to its initialposition and away from said position until stop d by the engagement ofone of the stops tlicreon with the movable devices associated with theoperating-key.

4. In a register, the combination of an oscillating indicatorconstructed in part of conducting matcrial,.a series of insulated sto ssecured to said indicator, a series of movaliie devices made ofconductin material, a series of cleetromagnets several y associated withsaid movable devices and adapted to move them into contact with saidindicator, a series of keys adapted to severally close the circuits ofsaid electromagnets, electrical connections between said electromagnctsand their associated movable devices, a brush engaging with saidindicator, an electric generator and electrical connection between saidbrush and electrical connections between said generator and electricalswitches adapted to be severally operated by sa d keys.

5. In a register, the combination of an oscillating indicator, a ma etconnected in a normal open circuit an adapted to move said indicator toits initial position, means actin to move said indicator awa from saidinitia position, a series of mova le devlces adapted to severally stopthe movement of said indicator away from the initial posltlon, and aplurality of keys ada ted to complete the circuit of said solenoi -magnet and to severally move said stopping devlces into operativepositions.

6. In a register, the combinatlon of an 0scillating indicator,mechanisms for moving t to its initial position and away from said 1n1-tial position, a series of movable stoppmg devices, a series offinger-keys control mg the position of said stopping devices, averticallymovable bar operatively connected with said stopping devices,a ratchet-wheel, a lever concentrically pivoted and having a slot, apawl carried by said lever for engagement with said ratchet-wheel, and apm carried by said bar and projecting into saidslot.

7. In a register, the combination of an oscillating indicator,mechanisms for movmg it to its initial position and away from said mtialposition, a series of movable stopping devices, a series of finger-keyscontrolling the position ofsaid stopping devices, a vertlcallymovablebar operatively connected with said stopping devices, a' ratchet-wheel,a lever concentrically pivoted and having a slot, a pawl carried by saidlever for engagement with said ratchet-wheel, and a pin carried by saidbar and projecting into said slot, sald slot having its outer end lyingat an angle to its main portion and at such an angle that when thesegment is in its initial position said angular end of the slot shalloccu y a vertical position, a second ratchet-w eel, and a pawl carriedby said bar and normally held away from said ratchet-wheel, anelectromagnet for drawing said pawl into ROSIUOII to engage with saidratchet-Wheel, said electromagnet being connected in a normal opencircuit which is adapted to be closed by one of said keys, and countingmechanisms respectively operated by said ratchet-wheel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aHiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK C. CARROLL. Witnesses:

E. L. TuUnsToN, II. R. SULLIVAN.

